Chelsea and Liverpool started their Premier League campaigns with yet another draw at Stamford Bridge, this time sharing the spoils 1-1.
Match Report
The first half saw two goals and two disallowed strikes. Luis Diaz stretched to put the visitors in front within 20 minutes, while Mo Salah had a goal ruled out for a narrow offside call on the half-hour mark.
Axel Disasi equalised in the 37th minute, and Ben Chilwell thought he had put the Blues in front moments later, but that was fractionally offside too.
Mauricio Pochettino and Jurgen Klopp made changes in the second half, but neither could see their side seize the advantage, and it ended level. Darwin Nunez came closest, with his curling shot blocked two minutes into stoppage time, causing it to spin just wide of the far post.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
4' Yellow Card! Carney Chukwuemeka booked
12' OFF THE BAR! Salah nearly nets
18' GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (Luis Diaz)
21' Chilwell goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
26' CHANCE! Salah's shot blocked
29' OFFSIDE! Salah's goal disallowed
37' GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool (Axel Disasi)
39' OFFSIDE! Chilwell's goal disallowed
43' MISS! Jackson's shot over the bar
49' CLOSE! Van Dijk's long shot over the bar
68' Yellow Card! Alexander-Arnold booked
89' Yellow Card! Mac Allister booked
Line-ups
Chelsea XI: Thiago Silva, Sterling, Chilwell, Axel Disasi, Reece James, Robert Sánchez, Conor Gallagher, Enzo Fernández, Carney Chukwuemeka, Levi Colwill, Nicolas Jackson
Subs: Marc Cucurella, Noni Madueke, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Maatsen, Lucas Bergström, Malo Gusto, L. Ugochukwu, Andrey Santos, Mason Burstow
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Salah, Van Dijk, Robertson, Jota, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Cody Gakpo, Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Luis Díaz
Subs: Matip, Joe Gomez, Tsimikas, Kelleher, Darwin Núñez, Curtis Jones, Elliott, Ben Doak, James McConnell